Tables in WordPress made easy.

I’m happy to announce that a new release of TablePress is now available. TablePress 1.9 can now be downloaded from the WordPress Plugin Directory and will show up as an automatic update in the WordPress Dashboard for existing users shortly.

This release not only fixes a few annoying bugs for some users, but it also brings a nice feature for the “Custom CSS” editor: It now shows common syntax errors, which will make it even easier to style tables with CSS code.

Bugfix: The integration into the WordPress search was broken since a WordPress core change.

Bugfix: The HTML import was broken on certain server configurations.

Updated external libraries (Build tools).

Some internal changes and fixes for better stability, cleaner code, translations, and documentation.

TablePress 1.9 requires WordPress 4.9.1!

Updates to some TablePress Extensions will also be available shortly. Please take a look through the list of Extensions and check if there’s maybe an update available. As some of them do not have support for auto-updates, you might then have to download and update them manually.

If TablePress is helpful for you, please rate it in the WordPress Plugin Directory and consider supporting further TablePress development with a donation. Thank you!

I’m happy to announce that a new release of TablePress is now available. TablePress 1.8.1 can now be downloaded from the WordPress Plugin Directory and will show up as an automatic update in the WordPress Dashboard for existing users shortly.

TablePress 1.8.1 is a stability, security, and maintenance release with these changes:

It happened! :-) After reaching one million downloads in August of 2015, TablePress crossed the two million mark this week!

That’s just a good week before the 8 year anniversary of WP-Table Reloaded, the initial (but now outdated) version of TablePress, being added to the official WordPress Plugin Directory.

With over 500,000 active installations, TablePress is a popular plugin for many users, and I’m very grateful for every single one of them. Special thanks go out to all users who have shown their appreciation with a donation for a cup of coffee (or even dinner) or a book from my wish list. Without all of you, I would not be able to invest big chunks of my free time into support and development for TablePress. Thanks for your continued support over the years!

I’m happy to announce that a new release of TablePress is now available. TablePress 1.8 can now be downloaded from the WordPress Plugin Directory and will show up as an automatic update in the WordPress Dashboard for existing users shortly.

Over a year passed without the need to ship a bugfix release, which shows how stable and well-tested the TablePress codebase is. This would not be possible without the now more than 500,000 active users. A big “Thank you!” to all users and supporters of TablePress, especially those that helped with a donation! Your contributions are highly appreciated and allow me to continue giving support for the plugin! Thank you very much!

Here is a summary of the changes in TablePress 1.8:

Full compatibility with WordPress 4.7

Updated external libraries (CodeMirror, DataTables, Build tools).

Enhancement: Better spacing between the label and input field for the search in tables.

Enhancement: Update list of allowed CSS properties in “Custom CSS”.

Enhancement: Make it easier for other plugins to clear the TablePress output cache.

Enhancement: Simplification of some strings/text, to make translations easier.

Bugfix: Better sanitization of HTML code in the Preview (thanks to Gerard Arall).

Some internal changes and fixes for better stability, cleaner code, translations, and documentation.

TablePress 1.8 requires WordPress 4.7!

Updates to some TablePress Extensions will also be available shortly. Please take a look through the list of Extensions and check if there’s maybe an update available. As some of them do not have support for auto-updates, you might then have to download and update them manually.

If TablePress is helpful for you, please rate it in the WordPress Plugin Directory and consider supporting further TablePress development with a donation. Thank you!

Earlier this week, WordPress 4.4 was released with many great new things. As an early Christmas present, I’m happy to announce that a new release of TablePress is now available as well. TablePress 1.7 can now be downloaded from the WordPress Plugin Directory and will show up as an automatic update in the WordPress Dashboard for existing users shortly.

I’d like to say “Thank you!” to all testers, users, and supporters of TablePress, especially those that supported the plugin with a donation or good rating in the WordPress Plugin Directory! Your support is highly appreciated! Thank you very much!

Here is a summary of the changes in TablePress 1.7:

Full compatibility with WordPress 4.4

Bugfix: Properly align tabs and heading in the main navigation bar at the top.

Bugfix: Restore layout on small screens (responsiveness) for the “All Tables” screen.

Bugfix: Restore layout of the overlay when inserting tables into posts/pages.

Bugfix: Make input fields on the “Edit” screen resizable in both directions again.

Bugfix: Restore sorting arrows on the “Edit” screen.

Bugfix: Some strings were unclear, had typos, or used wrong HTML entities.

Bugfix: Prevent certain “Custom Commands” from being rewritten to a new syntax in the wrong way.

Bugfix: Make sure that the table preview is properly translated to other languages.

Enhancement: Make the “Custom CSS” textarea vertically resizable.

Enhancement: Support more CSS3 properties when cleaning “Custom CSS” code.

Some internal changes and fixes for better stability, cleaner code, and documentation.

TablePress 1.7 requires WordPress 4.3!

Updates to some TablePress Extensions will also be available soon. Please take a look through the list of Extensions and check if there’s maybe an update available. As most of them are not part of the WordPress Plugin Directory, you can then update them manually.

If the new TablePress version is helpful for you, please rate TablePress in the WordPress Plugin Directory and consider supporting further TablePress development with a donation. Thank you!

TablePress 1.6.1 is now available for download in the WordPress Plugin Directory and as an automatic update in your WordPress Dashboard.

This update fixes a problem with the JavaScript features on the frontend, like sorting, search, etc., that can appear after updating to WordPress 4.3. (For those interested in technical details: The included DataTables JS library was updated to the latest version, to ensure compatibility with the updated version of the jQuery library that now comes with WordPress.)

If this update is helpful for you, please rate TablePress in the WordPress Plugin Directory and consider supporting further TablePress development with a donation. Thank you!

Just a few weeks after celebrating its third anniversary, TablePress reached the milestone of 1,000,000 downloads from the official WordPress Plugin Directory. (Its predecessor, the outdated WP-Table Reloaded, is now at 690,000 downloads, so, technically, we are talking about an even higher number of downloads! :-) )

I’d like to take this opportunity to say “Thanks!” to all users of the plugin — over 300,000, according to the stats in the WordPress Plugin Directory. It’s great to see that a plugin that was started as a personal solution for a stats table on a baseball website is now so helpful and valuable to so many people, their sites, and even their businesses!

At the same time, maintaining the plugin is a high responsibility — one that I will always try to fulfill as best as I can. Even though it’s sometimes stressful and annoying to answer the same support questions over and over again, it always makes me feel good to help someone, and to maybe even get a “Thank you!” or positive rating in return. A special shout-out goes out to all users who have shown their appreciation with a donation for a cup of coffee (or even dinner) or a book from my wish list. Without all of you, I would not be able to invest big chunks of my free time into support and development for TablePress. Thank you!

A couple days ago, WordPress 4.2 was released with many new features, enhancements, and bugfixes. To complement that, I’m happy to announce that a new release of TablePress is now available as well. TablePress 1.6 can now be downloaded from the WordPress Plugin Directory and will show up as an automatic update in the WordPress Dashboard for exisiting users shortly.

I’d like to say “Thank you!” to all testers, users, and supporters of TablePress, especially those that supported the plugin with a donation or good rating in the WordPress Plugin Directory! Your support is highly appreciated! Thank you very much!

Here is a summary of the changes in TablePress 1.6:

Full compatibility with WordPress 4.2

Bugfix: Fixed integration of the “Insert Link” dialog.

Bugfix: Divisions by zero were not caught properly in formulas in cells.

Bugfix: Numbers were sometimes not imported correctly in the Excel importer.

Enhancement: Importing files encoded as UTF-16 should work better now.

Enhancement: Support more CSS3 properties when cleaning “Custom CSS” code.

Updated external libraries (CodeMirror, DataTables, Build tools).

Added Korean translation.

Updated several translations (Chinese (Taiwan), English, German).

Many internal changes and fixes for better stability, cleaner code, and documentation.

TablePress 1.6 requires WordPress 4.2!

Updates to some TablePress Extensions will also be available soon. Please take a look through the list of Extensions and check if there’s maybe an update available. As they are not part of the WordPress Plugin Directory, you can then update them manually.

If the new TablePress version is helpful for you, please rate TablePress in the WordPress Plugin Directory and consider supporting further TablePress development with a donation. Thank you!

Just over half a year has passed since TablePress 1.4 was released. That doesn’t mean that the plugin was not actively developed during those six months, of course! With great pleasure, I’d like to announce that TablePress 1.5.1 is now available for download in the WordPress Plugin Directory and as an automatic update in your WordPress Dashboard. After a brief period of beta testing, I’d like to say Thank you! to all testers, users and supporters of TablePress, especially those that supported the plugin with a donation or good rating in the WordPress Plugin Directory! Your support is highly appreciated! Thank you very much!

The changes in TablePress 1.5 and 1.5.1 should be very interesting to many users, and they include:

Full compatibility with WordPress 4.0

Feature: Support for the new Media Manager when inserting images

Feature: Support for the integrated WP importer/exporter

Bugfix: The “Insert Link” dialog in the “Advanced Editor” works now.

Bugfix: The HTML export creates valid HTML files now.

Enhancement: Tables are now stored with extra information about the format, so that other plugins are less likely to break it.

Extended unit tests for the plugin and some external libraries.

Updated external libraries (CodeMirror, DataTables, Build tools).

Added Ukrainian translation.

Updated several translations (English, German).

Added and updated more language files for the DataTables library.

TablePress 1.5 requires WordPress 4.0!

On top of TablePress 1.5, these changes were added in TablePress 1.5.1:

Bugfix: Some properties in Custom CSS code were erroneously removed.

Updated the Spanish translation.

Of those changes, the update of the DataTables JavaScript library is probably the most interesting change “under the hood”. As some of the internal functions of that library were altered, TablePress will apply some automatic adjustments and modifications during the plugin update. For example, “Custom Commands” that a user might have added to a table will be updated to a new format automatically. Due to this, it might also be necessary to update your TablePress Extensions (if you use any). Please take a look through the list of Extensions and check if there’s maybe an update available. As they are not part of the WordPress Plugin Directory, you can then update them manually.

If the new TablePress version is helpful for you, please rate TablePress in the WordPress Plugin Directory and consider supporting further TablePress development with a donation. Thank you!

Almost half a year has passed since TablePress 1.4 was released. That doesn’t mean that the plugin was not actively developed during those six months, of course! With great pleasure, I’d like to announce that TablePress 1.5 is just around the corner. The new version will ship with some nice new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. It is due in about a week or so, but to get there, I need your help: To make sure that the new features work for everybody and that the other changes don’t break anything, I’d like to get as much feedback on the new version as possible.

Changes in the upcoming release of TablePress 1.5 include:

Full compatibility with WordPress 4.0

Feature: Support for the new Media Manager when inserting images

Feature: Support for the integrated WP importer/exporter

Bugfix: The “Insert Link” dialog in the “Advanced Editor” works now.

Bugfix: The HTML export creates valid HTML files now.

Enhancement: Tables are now stored with extra information about the format, so that other plugins are less likely to break it.

Extended unit tests for the plugin and some external libraries.

Updated external libraries (CodeMirror, DataTables, Build tools).

Added Ukrainian translation.

Updated several translations (English, German).

Added and updated more language files for the DataTables library.

TablePress 1.5 requires WordPress 4.0!

Of those changes, the update of the DataTables JavaScript library is probably the change that needs the most testing. As some of the internal functions of that library were altered, TablePress will apply some automatic adjustments and modifications during the plugin update. For example, “Custom Commands” that a user might have added to a table will be updated to a new format automatically.

To test this and the other changes, I’d like to invite you to download TablePress 1.5-beta and test it on a development or staging site. (Unless you are adventurous, please don’t yet install it on a production server, before it’s not completely polished.) I’d also like to invite all translators to update the translation files for their language. There are only a few string changes, but some translations have not been updated in a while. Also, if someone wants to jump in and translate TablePress to a new language, this is a great time!

If you think you’ve found a bug, if something is not working as expected, or if the new version breaks something on your site, please don’t hesitate to notify me: Either email me (wordpressno-spam@mailtobias.baethge.com>), ping @TablePress on Twitter, or post in the WordPress support forums.

Thank you very much for your continued support! Let’s make TablePress 1.5 the best release yet!